This could actually be a continuation of my last post on installing flagstone in grass.
While setting the new flagstone path we came across a soggy area of lawn at the bottom of a stone stairway. The homeowner said this area was usually wet.
Looking the situation over with landscape contractor Dave Kennedy, we determined that the water was “weeping-out” from the gravel footing of the stone steps.
The gravel footing was doing its job of keeping moisture away from the stone stairway construction. However, because of the grade of the lawn level at the top of the stairs, extra water from run-off was entering the stairway construction. [...]







Fri, Feb 12, 2010
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